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Adi

#6,549 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Adi has been given to 1,724 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #6,549 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 38 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.

Babies named Adi, 2025

1 in 195,000

Adi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adi over time

In 2025, Adi went to 41% girls and 59% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adi: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Javanese

What Adi means

Adi has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Adi

One of the source’s documented entries for Adi records a meaning of jewel, ornament.

One of the source’s documented entries for Adi records a meaning of first + beautiful, good, valuable.

A separate documented entry treats Adi as a diminutive of Adolf. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Adi is used in English, Albanian, German, Indonesian, Pazeh and Romanian. Its origins include Javanese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adrian, Aditya, Adit, Adelaide, Adrienne, Aditi and Adolf.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Indonesian, Adi is pronounced /ˈadi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 945 girls were recorded with the name Adi between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2016; its best national rank was #3,925 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,324 in 2020 to #6,549 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,288 in 2015 to #6,549 in 2025.

In the United States, 779 boys were recorded with the name Adi between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 2008; its best national rank was #3,083 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,137 in 2020 to #4,252 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,777 in 2015 to #4,252 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Adi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 94,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#6,549
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adi was born before 2007 — so the typical Adi is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
66.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
945
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.1% of all recorded uses (284).

Is Adi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+93
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−225
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,261
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.68×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.7%
Peak was 2016 (38)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,925
2016

Where Adi is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Adi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 191,658 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Adi is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Adi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 417,099 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adi around the world

Where Adi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,333
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2009
    #2,869
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1953–2007
    #803
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Adi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,549
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 225
Best rank ever
#3,925
2016
Peak year
2016
38 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
945
Count in 2025
17

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,252
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,115
Best rank ever
#3,083
2006
Peak year
2008
37 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
779
Count in 2025
24

Names similar to Adi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Adi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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